Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Shima Skate Manufacturing At NASS 2011

Eric Miller....Last of SD Footy

Eric Miller....Last of SD Footy from eric miller on Vimeo.

Jastrzębie Go High 2011 (Poland)

Jastrzębie Go High 2011 • official edit from CanisLatrans on Vimeo.

Sacha Lopez Best Trick TRY2ROLL 2011 Kempten

Sacha Lopez Best Trick TRY2ROLL 2011 Kempten from Wolfgang Appelt on Vimeo.

Tyron Ballantine NYC Edit

TYRON Nyc Edit from skatelife.TV on Vimeo.

Daniel Rosado 2011 (by Gregory Preston)

Daniel Rosado 2011 from gregory prestön on Vimeo.

OG'S at Woodward

OG'S at Woodward from Harry Disla on Vimeo.

Guillaume "the swag" le Gentil and friends in Holland (by Solo Collective)

Guillaume "the swag" le Gentil and friends in Holland. from Solo Collective on Vimeo.

Randy Abels: Samsung Project, Edit

Samsung did a competition in the Netherlands where they asked creative ideas to test the new phone. Randy came up with the idea to test the phones possibilities while skating the new bowl in Amsterdam.

He posted this on their facebook and they immediately responded in a positive way. All said and done he had to skate to bowl while using this new phone!

Best part is that this will be seeded on several huge site in the Netherlands what results in some good exposure for Rollerblading, and of course he went home with a new phone! Check out the movie below they produced!

Monday, August 29, 2011

New Skates: USD, K2, and Xsjado 2.0


USD Carbon II Don Bambrick

K2 Varsity 2012

USD VII Carlos Pianowski 2011

2 More NYC Invite Edits

The Official Razors NYC Street Invitational


The Official Razors NYC Street Invitational from 9TO5Mixtape on Vimeo.

The Conference and friends at the NYC Invitational


The Conference and friends at the NYC Invitational from Nick Pisciotta on Vimeo.

California Memories 2010 (by Sim Warren)


California Memories 2010 from Sim Warren on Vimeo.

Joachim Wall (Razors Sweden): Summer 2011


Joachim Wall Summer 2011 (Razors Sweden) from Samuel Cabezas on Vimeo.

Razors UK Team at the Unit 23 Unders Contest

Winston Wardwell CHOSEN FEW Clothing Section

Winston Wardwell CHOSEN FEW Clothing Section from ACHOSEN-FEW.COM on Vimeo.

The NDN - Dyin' Crapshooter Blues

The NDN - Dyin' Crapshooter Blues from erik bill on Vimeo.

SRSC 2011 · The Finals · Copenhagen


SRSC 2011 · The Finals · Copenhagen from RAD - Videos on Vimeo.

ChimeraTV #5 Ben Harmanus Mythos Promotional


ChimeraTV #5 Ben Harmanus Mythos Promotional from The Chimera Conspiracy on Vimeo.

Underground - By Matt Caratelli

Featuring:

Zack Debaize
Kev San Jose
Robbie Pitts (Valo)
Danny Jensen (Razors)
Johnny Jensen (SSM)

Friday, August 26, 2011

EC Halfpipe 2011 Rotterdam

EC Halfpipe 2011 Rotterdam from EC Halfpipe on Vimeo.

The Conference Spain Team Tour Part 2

The Conference Spain Team Tour Part 2 from TheConferenceTV on Vimeo.

QLD Inline Titles VC Best Trick comp 2011

Sven Boekhorst 2011 (by Solo Collective)

Sven Boekhorst 2011 from Solo Collective on Vimeo.

Sean G. 2011 Profile

Sean G. 2011 Profile from Sean G. on Vimeo.

Dylan Hopp Scribe Industries Profile

wather and solutions (with Beat Schillmeier and Claudio Bohli)

wather and solutions from VersusPictures on Vimeo.

A few days with Howie Bennett, Cameron Talbott, Brandon Mateer and Justin Barr (by Brian Sorg)

A few days with Howie Bennett, Cameron Talbott, Brandon Mateer and Justin Barr from Brian Sorg on Vimeo.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

NYC Street Invite 2011 Edits and Results


NYC Street Invite 2011: First Official Be-Mag Edit by Hawke Trackler from Be-Mag on Vimeo.

 

NYC Street Invite: From the Crowd from derek stanton on Vimeo.

 
Results
  1. Alex Broskow
  2. CJ Wellsmore
  3. David Sizemore
  4. Chris Haffey
  5. Brian Aragon
  6. Franco Cammayo
  7. Erik Bailey
  8. Dominic Wagener
  9. Adrien Anne
  10. Dave Lang
  11. Mark Wojda

Tucker Freeland Summer 2011 Profile


Tucker Freeland Summer 2011 Profile from tucker freeland on Vimeo.

P-Box Edit from Ehh (defbored)

One of the AMall forum dudes dropped this p-rail session him and a few of his boys had recently. Tricks are sick, check them out and support some Texas skaters.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Nick "Smash" O'Leary - Online Profile

A little profile from a roller out of Long Island... check it out.


Nick "Smash" O'Leary - Online Profile from SLDean.com on Vimeo.

Aggressive Auctions - Auctions by Skaters for Skaters

Someone on the message boards has shared this new auctions site, made by skaters for skaters. It is new, and doesn't have a lot of content yet, but it could be a great place to off-load some of your gear that you haven't been able to move yet.

Check it out here.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Skate Sessions is now on Facebook

Check out our new fan page on facebook! Like us, share our posts with all of your friends, basically just do whatever you can to keep the site moving forward.

Thanks for all of your support so far.
Nate

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Chris-Haffey.com: Switch-B.L.A.D.E. vs. Chris Farmer


B.L.A.D.E. Farmer from chrishaffeydotcom on Vimeo.

Visit Chris-haffey.com.

Humble Beings by Casey Baggozi (2006): Full Video


humble beings [1 of 2] from casey bagozzi on Vimeo.

humble beings [2 of 2] from casey bagozzi on Vimeo.

SOUTHERNSCUM MONTAGE 2011


SOUTHERNSCUM MONTAGE 2011 from SouthernScum on Vimeo.

Rollerblading in the south featuring: Chad Anthony, Geo Navarette, Jon Huffaker, Julian Mire, Chris Smith, Hunter Harper, Seth Lloyd, Taylor Popham, Roger Langley, Zach Tierce, Brad Anthony, Gumby, Landon Jordan, Stefan Brandow, Jake “Chico” Chok, Daniel Henderson.

Visit Southernscum.tumblr.com.

Friday, August 12, 2011

BostonFooty.com

So I heard about this website from a local skateboarder at the Beverly park. He was shooting some photos of boarders and me on my blades, and told me to check out the site. So I did and I must say I was impressed.
Site seems to have lots of potential.

Check them out and support the local Mass. skate/riding scene.



http://www.bostonfooty.com/
http://www.bostonfooty.com/gallery#!__gallery

Thursday, August 11, 2011

COMP: Skate the Hate 2011 (Mass)

Street Competition in Massachusetts. We have something special planned for this year. You'll have to be there to see it... New location this time... its going down for the 6th year in a row. SKATE NO HATE!

Location: Jackson Mann School, Allston, MA, United States

Start: 2011/08/13 (12:00)
End: 2011/08/13 (17:00)

Street Competition in Massachusetts. We have something special planned for this year. You'll have to be there to see it... its going down for the 6th year in a row at a new location. SKATE NO HATE

$15 Entry Fee. Money to the Winners!
Format as always: 3 Divisions
Grom: 18 and under
Open: Anybody
OG: 30 Plus




Adam Johnson on CHARG!NG, Piracy and 'The 20 Project'

Adam Johnson takes high risks to deliver the best skating possible all the way to your living room. Selling all his belongings to fund a flick and living in a van for months on end to film for your new favorite videos are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the many sacrifices this guy makes. No wonder he gets pissed when someone steals his and his peers' hard work. Read more about his opinions on intellectual property and find out more about his latest brainchild 'The 20 Project' which will feature some of the most interesting skaters of the sport.

Read the full interview on Be-Mag.




Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Chris Haffey 666 Rail 2010


Chris Haffey 666 Rail 2010 from Housebird on Vimeo.

Buxton Goes To Glossop

Here is the first of a series of videos from a crew in the UK. They have started travelling around the Kingdom to check out some of the local parks. Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Cyril Daniel 450 disaster back royale

Too Dumb To Give Up: Comp Edit by Hawke Trackler


Too Dumb To Give Up from Hawke Trackler on Vimeo.

Everyone laced that day but I only had the camera on for some parts of the contest but here is some of the clips i got through out the day. Travis Rhodes won.
Featuring- Travis Rhodes, Kyle Wood, Aaron Butler, Brandon Nguyen, Jimmy Spetz
August 11th 2011 @ Woodville skatepark.

The Blading Cup 2011 (Results and Edit)


The Blading Cup 2011 from Daniel Scarano on Vimeo.

The Blading Cup August 6th, 2011.

Filmed and edited by Daniel Scarano.
Results
1. Aragon
2. Broskow
3. Bailey
4. Haffey
5. Stockwell

Monday, August 8, 2011

Set-Up of the Month: Nike Valos

I saw this set-up on skatesetup.com a few months ago, and I decided to use it as the Set-Up of the Month for August.

This kid cut up a pair of Nike cleats and used them as skins for his Valos. I think they look sick. Check out more photos here.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Downloads of the Month: August 2011

This month were are bringing you another old school selection.

'It's All Good' is a documentary collaboration between Senate and FR. And is sure to please all of you out there who have a soft spot for the good old days of rolling.

We are bringing you this film in AVI, M4V, MP4 and torrent. So grab whichever format you want, or download them all.

We are also throwing in a solid music selection this month. This torrent contains all three albums released by Harvey Danger, a folk-rock band that is most well-known for their song Flagpole Sitta.

Enjoy and as always, please seed.

JBWonton05 Review: RB Solo Rob G's

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Company Profile: Live Like Kings

Now I have been doing a lot of deal with people on the message boards for skates and parts, and sometimes they tend to throw in a few extras like stickers and what-not that they may have gotten at their local shop or with an online order.

The extras that I got in an order with sic (Michael Carbajal) were much better than anything I had gotten before. He sent me two shirts and a decal from his comapny Live Like Kings, which is "a clothing company that does screen printing, vinyl decals, graphic designing, graphic arts, endorsements, and promoting. We use our past 6 years of experience to take off with this brand new project."

The company, founded in 2008, makes products like shirts, stickers/decals, hats, bandanas, hoodies, and custom projects. Their mission statement is that they are "An upcoming clothing company that wants to break the mold of traditional clothing companies and move towards one simple thing. To have us and our customers Live Like Kings."

Here are a few images of the shirts that he sent me:



















Razor Week at Woodward West 2011

The Razors crew headed out Woodward and came away with an edit and an article written by Aragon. Check them out on RollerNews or Be-Mag. Or just watch the edit and read the article here. Enjoy!


Razor Week at Woodward West 2011 – Edit #1 by Erick Rodriguez from Be-Mag on Vimeo.

This past week we were given the opportunity to go to Woodward West and have an official Razors Week in the mountains of Tehachapi, California. During the week Dre Powell, Julian Bah, Rachard Johnson, Erik Rodriguez and myself were all able to be in attendance. For many years the name “Woodward” has been associated with great skate parks and a summer destination for extreme athlete enthusiasts. Growing up I never had the opportunity to experience the camp aspect of Woodward, it was not until I turned pro that I was able to visit the facility and enjoy everything they had to offer.



Maybe it’s the air, the high altitude, or the fact that we had finally escaped California traffic but arriving at Woodward we were all in good spirits. We soon got to meet the in-line campers who had traveled from all over the country to come skate and improve their skills. Since becoming a professional skater it has always brought me a lot of gratification to teach kids how to improve their skating due to the fact that growing up I was taught by skaters I looked up to and I still remember how meaningful it was to me.



The majority of the week was spent skating different parks on the Woodward West Campus along with filming for some upcoming podcasts that I hope everyone enjoys! As with everything, when you're having fun the time seems to fly by and next thing we knew it was the end of the week. I can speak for everyone when I say that we had an awesome group of campers and that we all learned something new while we were there. I am already looking forward to the next time I get to return to Woodward West and forget about everything else and just skate!


Big shout out to Pam & Ritchie Velasquez along with all the staff at Woodward West for treating the whole Razors team like we were family!


-Brian Aragon

Write-up by Brian Aragon
Edit by Erick Rodriguez with Rachard Johnson and Dave Lang

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Kelso Brothers Videos

Here is another video that came through the RollerNews wire today, but I am dropping it here on it's own because I am also going to share with you an old school P-Box edit that I found of Sean and Colin as well....
Check it all out!

3 Nights of Black and Whitehall by the Kelso Brothers

3 Nights of Black and Whitehall from sean kelso on Vimeo.

AMALL Trick Tips: Soul Grind

Chris-Haffey.com Update

Here are two new videos from Chris-Haffey.com

Nitro Giganta Ramp from chrishaffeydotcom on Vimeo.


Breaking Records from chrishaffeydotcom on Vimeo.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Video Review: Nature Skate 'The Traveler' (2002)

Since I've been hurt, the only connections I can keep with rolling are through tinkering with my skates, posting here and on the message boards, or watching videos.

That being said, here is the first what should be a string of video reviews dropping here at Skate Sessions.

The Traveler is a classic East Coast skate film from Nature Skate Videos, which was the video company started by Hakeem Jimoh and Brian Lewis (now co-owners of Create Originals frames with Billy O'Neil).

Put out in 2002, the video followed Jimoh, Lewis and a crew of rollers up and down the East Coast, hitting some serious skate spots and getting sick footage along the way.

The video includes footage from Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (NSS Comp), New York City, White Plains NY, Pennsylvania, Baltimore MD, Greensboro NC, and Washington DC.

Aiden Charles, Jeremey Pennacchini, Billy O'Neil, Mike Canoles, and Dustin Halleran all have profile sections in the 1 hour 11 minute video that also includes clips from Boschi Pope,  Jeff Dalnas, Mike Johnson, Chris Cheshire, Gabe Holm, Sean Kelso, and Alex Broskow.


The star of the video is definately Halleran, who tears up ever spot that the crew rolls into. Here is his section from the video, in case you can't get your hands on a hard copy (since I have mine on VHS I don't think there are many of them out there).



Brian Lewis spoke with Be-Mag back in '02 when the video first came out, and he told them:
This video was really fun to make not only because it was the video that we wanted to make from the start back in '99 but also because we went on the road with our boys for 3 weeks. We had so much fun on tour that we're doing it again this year except there are 2 more people going on the tour at present and it's going to be for an entire month. We have also added a few more cities and states to the list. But, our next video is Maintain. Maintain is going to be done in a different style then you've seen us do yet. We just started shooting for Maintain because of the weather and allready we have footage that is so ill; for example: Alex Nunez does 360 to makio on a 15 stair rail with a drop off and two skaters from Knoxville then grinding off an ill roof. But for now I hope you guys all enjoy The Traveler cause we deff had a great time making it. To everybody that was in it or helped to make it happen in any way, thank you all, I'll never forget the time I had.

Baltic Games 2011 • Official Inline edit!

Baltic Games 2011 • Official Inline edit! from CanisLatrans on Vimeo.

X Games 2011 Rollerblading Demo



Iphone Foootage of
Brian Aragon
Frankie Morales
Rachard Johnson
Julian Bah
Brian Shima
Montre Livingston
Dre Powell
& Friends.

X Mini Demo

Filmed with Iphone by Juan Martinez

Valo JJ Light skates - Product Insight by LocoSkates.com


Valo JJ Light skates - Product Insight by LocoSkates.com from Loco Skates on Vimeo.

"We got some Valo Lights a while before their release to see just what was up with arguably the most anticipated skate release in skating history.
LocoSkates' Jake Eley takes us through the skates' features in detail and Dan Collins throws down.
The Valo JJ Lights skates are available now from LocoSkates...

locoskates.com/​product_info.php?products_id=1062&osCsid=udkl4qghe0lvlu02sigqbhaf65
Track: James Yuill, No Surprise. No copyright infringement intended.

Edit/lighting/Camera: Sim Warren

Skating Camera: Ed Inglis, Harry Maynard "

Monday, August 1, 2011

Carbon 2 Review (by Max Pilet)

Review done by MaXx on the AMall forums

Okay this is for all the people who want to buy carbons but are not sure about dropping 350$ for boots only…

I have been skating these babies for almost 4 months now and I got a good idea of the skates overall.

First Day

After 1 Session



 
They came in the mail, looked fresh as fuck. Size 10.5 looked a bit fatter than the 10.5 Deshi Carbons. Still looked smaller and felt lighter than most skates out there.


Started trying them in the house and the little USD logo on the back of the cuff fell down. Even worse quality than on thrones, no biggie but still…

Started skating them. Felt awesome. When they are laced tight, you have such solid control of what your feet are doing, it's awesome and you'll never have this feeling in any other skates. Like most Deshi Carbons skaters, I had the issue with the overwhelming flex. After awhile, you could break your ankle on nothing due to the skates getting super floppy.

On the Carbon II, they fixed this with the cuffs. Pretty much same stuff as a USD throne cuff with a small v-cut. Anyhow, the flex is really good thanks to these cuffs. You can still really bend without having too much of that flex.

2-3 sessions in, metal buckle fucks up from falling on it a couple times. Metal part between the actual buckle and the cuff bends but I managed to bend it back normal. Phew.

Honestly, I really love these skates but for the price, I'm kinda disappointed. Deshi Carbons material was way better in my opinion. On the IIs, part of the stitching near the toe started going off and I feel it's going to be pretty easy for the rest to fall apart next.

Also, like LUD mentioned on here, the gap between the cuffs and the carbon part on the back is pretty strange not being symmetric from one boot to another and the strap receptor are garbage… You miss a couple soul tricks and it's goodbye. They'll be fucked up open and you barely can't take off the strap after that because it's stuck in.

Also, honestly, the straps are pure shit. Started falling part, took them off, then put them back on and the Velcro came right off...

After About 2 Months

After About 3.5 Months




 






I had a pressure point on my left foot at first after skating for more than 30 minutes but heat molding them was a miracle. They felt perfect afterwards and snugger on my feet (in a good way).

The new tongue is also super nice. Doesn't shift AT ALL compared to the USD Carbon 1 and is super soft so it'll never dig up in your shins.

Soulplates are the same, still super good and slides nice.

I said up here that the material was cheaper than the Deshis in my opinion but they are still super good materials. They hold up pretty good. I just felt like my Deshi held up better. Anyway, I think that after four months of skating and falling on them alot, they still look super fresh.

So if you want a nice skate which feels lighter than an average boot, feels really like a sneaker. That will hold up good even if you're shredding hard... cop some Carbon 2s, set them up with some nice Creates or Kizers and Voilà!
If you have any question on these skates, feel free to ask :-)

Girls Can Roll! Here's The Proof...

Here's something for all the girls out there who want someone to look up to. This is a little collection of edits that I have put together over the past couple of months, and all of these girls can really shred.

Hope you all enjoy,


Forward Freestyle Family Episode 4 from MihaiBivol on Vimeo.


Kaya Turski rollerbladaaaa from kaya turski on Vimeo.


Aarin Gates: One Minute One Spot from Be-Mag on Vimeo.
http://www.be-mag.com/article/1984-Aarin-Gates-One-Minute-One-Spot


Martina Svobodova: Opinions Section (Denial, 2004)


Stéphanie Richer - Park Edit from kubik on Vimeo.
http://www.rollernews.com/stephanie-richer-park-edit-in-nice-france_33782.html


http://www.aggressiveskateforum.com/forums/new-short-profile-t164550.html

New Videos on Chris-Haffey.com

There are two new videos up on chris-haffey.com.

The first is an explination about why it has been taking so long for his game of B.L.A.D.E. against Chris Farmer to get played, and the second is his third installment of Oldies.

Check out all his videos here, or just watch these...


Explanation from chrishaffeydotcom on Vimeo.


Oldies Ep. 3 from chrishaffeydotcom on Vimeo.

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